AMAL promoveu formação para Sapadores Florestais
No âmbito do projecto CILIFO, a AMAL- Comunidade Intermunicipal do Algarve levou, recentemente, a efeito uma formação designada por «Condução e operação com o trator em segurança». Esta ação contou com a presença de 14 participantes, nomeadamente Sapadores Florestais da AMAL, Silves e Portimão, e decorreu em São Marcos da Serra. Para o próximo ano está já prevista a realização de um outro curso, igual ao acima referido, e mais duas formações de «Tratores agrícolas adaptados ao trabalho florestal – constituição, funcionamento e manutenção». Recorde-se que o projeto CILIFO – Centro Ibérico de Investigação e Combate aos Incêndios Florestais, do qual a AMAL é entidade parceira, pretende: – Reforçar e promover a cooperação, os procedimentos de trabalho e a formação entre os Dispositivos de Prevenção e Extinção de Incêndios Florestais dentro da área de cooperação da Euro Região Alentejo – Algarve – Andaluzia. – Promover a criação de emprego duradouro e de qualidade na área de influência do projeto; reduzir o custo económico dos incêndios fomentando a economia rural ligada à paisagem. – Melhorar a capacidade de resposta perante os incêndios florestais das entidades e autoridades implicadas no combate aos mesmos nas três regiões participantes. O projecto tem uma duração de três anos (01/01/2019 a 12/12/2021) e dispõe de um orçamento total de 24,6 milhões de euros, dos quais 75% são financiados pelo Programa de Cooperação Transfronteiriça Interreg VA Espanha-Portugal – Interreg POCTEP (2014-2020). + INFO em http://cilifo.eu/
European Vocational Skills Week 2020 -CILIFO PROJECT – DAY: «INTRODUCTION TO EUROPEAN FUNDS
11.11.2020. On Friday 13 November 2020, the webinar «CILIFO Project»: INTRODUCTION TO THE EUROPEAN FUNDS» will take place from 11:00 to 12:30 (Brussels time) as part of the fifth European Vocational Skills Week. This training day on European financial sources is organised by the Finnova Foundation as part of its actions as a beneficiary of the CILIFO Project, financed by the Interreg POCTEP programme (2014-2020), and as part of European Vocational Training Week 2020. The conference aims to reach young people, as well as the general public, interested in the subject of forest fire prevention and extinction, adaptation and mitigation to climate change, on aspects related to the European financial sources available for vocational training, as well as for projects that promote youth employment in rural areas, and especially in the subject of CILIFO. CILIFO has an extensive training programme which covers various target groups, from operational personnel involved in fire prevention and extinguishing plans, professionals and civil servants in the sector, companies and entrepreneurs, teachers and teaching staff, as well as young people who are committed to finding a professional future in the field of forest fire prevention and extinguishing, adaptation and mitigation of climate change in rural areas. The webinar will also feature speakers who will present mobility programmes that make it possible to receive funding for professional exchanges or volunteering within the EU. Beneficiaries of these programmes will also take part in the event and will explain how their professional experience has improved as a result of participating in these initiatives. Examples of good practice and funding programmes such as Erasmus+ will also be studied, among others, where they are committed to training for the qualification of firefighters and other groups working in the prevention and extinction of forest fires, and the conservation of our natural habitat. This conference therefore opens up new possibilities for the employability of CILIFO’s target audience. The aim of the conference is to support young people through training initiatives that favour recruitment in CILIFO’s areas and themes, generating opportunities at local and regional level in CILIFO’s intervention territory, the Euroregion Alentejo-Algarve-Andalucía. To register to the event, click here. The European Vocational Skills Week, organised by the European Commission, is an annual event during which local, regional or national organisations showcase the best of vocational education and training (VET) – a sector capable of empowering all people with the skills they need for a fulfilling personal and professional life. After five editions, the event has become a sought-after exchange platform for VET stakeholders around Europe and beyond. This year’s edition will be a hybrid event taking place in-person in Berlin (Germany) and digitally across the EU from 9-13 November 2020. The Week 2020 will play a particularly important role, given the challenges Europe’s VET community is facing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It provides an unrivalled forum for identifying common problems and exchanging solutions. The focus of the 2020 edition will be on “VET for Green and Digital Transitions” in line with the Commission’s priorities on a European Green Deal and a Europe fit for the digital age. The overall objectives of the Week are to: Showcase the many ways VET can help young people and adults to ‘discover their talent’ and prepare today for Europe’s economy of the future. Demonstrate to employers the enormous benefits of investing in human resources by supporting the initial training of young people, as well as the upskilling and reskilling of adults, particularly in a post-COVID-19 world. Validate the choices people make when they choose VET, by showing its competitive value. Develop an awareness of European Vocational Skills Week, building on the success of previous campaigns. VET IN EUROPE The employment rate of recent VET graduates in Europe is 78.9 % (2019). Source: Eurostat – Employment rates of recent graduates, pg. 2 8 % of Europe’s population aged 25 to 64 participate in adult learning (2019). Source: Eurostat – Adult learning statistics 60 % of VET graduates find their first long-term job within a month of finishing their studies (80 % after six months) (2018). Source: A quick guide to EU action on vocational education and training pg. 11 29 % of individuals have low overall digital skills (2019). Source: Eurostat The COVID-19 pandemic has accentuated the existing digital skills gap, and new inequalities are emerging. Source: European Skills Agenda for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience, pg. 1 CILIFO The project «Iberian Centre for Research and Fight against Forest Fires» (CILIFO) focuses on the fight against forest fires and their consequences for the adaptation and mitigation of climate change; within a framework of cross-border cooperation for the prevention of risks and the improvement of the management of natural resources in Spain and Portugal in the area of the Euroregion Alentejo – Algarve – Andalusia. CILIFO falls under Thematic Objective 5 of the POCTEP Programme: Promoting adaptation to climate change in all sectors; and responds to the investment priority, with respect to the POCTEP Programme, 5B: Promoting investment to address specific risks and ensuring adaptation to disasters and development of disaster management systems. With a duration of three years (2019 to 2021), it aims, through the results of its activities, to establish itself as a permanent centre for the promotion and development of training, awareness, development and innovation, and inter-regional cooperation in the fight against forest fires. CILIFO is being developed thanks to the collaboration of a public-private partnership, led by the Andalusian Regional Government and made up of public research bodies, non-profit-making public interest entities and public administrations, all with the common objective of fighting forest fires. Website: http://cilifo.eu/ FINNOVA FOUNDATION FINNOVA is a non-profit European foundation, with headquarters in Belgium-Brussels, and offices and branches in Spain (Seville, Valencia, Tenerife, Madrid and Vitoria), whose main purpose is to seek international funding related to the transfer of new technology, modernisation, training and innovation for regional or local public administrations. Its main objective is to promote international and inter-regional cooperation through networks and events, its main fields
Plazo abierto para aplicar a los 2nd edition Firefighting StartUp Europe Awards (SEUA – CILIFO) 2020
03.11.2020. StartUp Europe Awards (SEUA) son una herramienta de innovación abierta de gran utilidad para promover el intercambio de experiencias, añadir valor al ecosistema empresarial y ayudar a las startups a crecer y posicionarse en el mercado. La Fundación Finnova – entidad beneficiaria del Proyecto CILIFO – implementa través de Startup Europe Awards esta metodología de la Dirección General de Comunicación y Nuevas Tecnologías (DG CONNECT), apoyada por el Comité de las Regiones y la Comisión Europea en colaboración con StartUp Europe. Se han celebrado y puesto en marcha con éxito varias ediciones de estos premios y se está organizando los 2nd Edition Firefighitng StartUp Europe Awards (SEUA-CILIFO). El objetivo de SEUA-CILIFO es localizar aquellas ideas que ofrezcan productos, servicios o metodologías que abordan las tres fases en la lucha contra incendios 1) Prevención 2) Actuación 3) Regeneración. Deben aportar una mejora de la eficiencia de los recursos en la actuación contra incendios; herramientas tecnológicas; sensibilización social; comportamiento del fuego; patrones espaciales y temporales del fuego; meteorología de incendios y clasificación de peligro de incendios; técnicas de extinción de incendios; detección terrestre, aérea y espacial; restauración; etc. El anuncio y el lanzamiento de la celebración de estos premios si hizo en cuatro webinarios organizados en el marco de la Semana Verde o European Green Week 2020 (en en Vilamarxant (Valencia) el viernes, 25 de septiembre de 2020; en Sevilla el lunes, 28 de septiembre de 2020; en Cádiz, el lunes, 19 de octubre de 2020; y en Córdoba, el miércoles, 21 de octubre de 2020): www.bit.ly/2SWomwv. ¿Tienes un proyecto en el sector de la prevención y extinción de incendios, cambio climático o gestión forestal? ¡Impulsa tu proyecto o idea innovadora! Aplica antes del jueves, 19 de noviembre de 2020 en el siguiente enlace: www.f6s.com/startupeuropeawards La también llamada Semana Europea para la Reducción de Residuos (www.ewwr.eu) anima a todos los europeos a realizar acciones de sensibilización sobre la gestión sostenible de los recursos y residuos durante una sola semana de noviembre. Es por ello que CILIFO trabaja en una buena gestión de los residuos forestales y su valorización que ayuden a buscar soluciones innovadoras que fomenten la adaptación y mitigación del cambio climático. En la jornada se hablará del Green Deal y se celebrará la ceremonia de entrega de premios de los 2nd Edition CILIFO – Firefighting StartUp Europe Awards 2020 (SEUA-CILIFO). Enlace de registro para la final: https://form.jotform.com/finnova/cilifo-ewwr-23-11-2020 Los emprendedores seleccionados tendrán acceso a: Programa de mentorización (sobre fondos europeos, cursos de formación, visibilidad, lobby, etc.) para desarrollar su proyecto y convertirlo en viable a nivel europeo. Grabación de un elevator pitch de la startup ganadora con derechos compartidos con Finnova y que podrán ser utilizados sin límite de tiempo por la empresa en cuestión para su promoción y difusión. Estar presentes en una base de datos que se creará y que, siendo propiedad de Finnova, permitirá a las startups concurrentes incrementar sus relaciones y ser más competitivas en las convocatorias de proyectos europeos. Oportunidad de participar en una red de contactos global y tener la posibilidad de colaborar tanto con las instituciones europeas como con los emprendedores. Que se asocie su marca a un premio europeo avalado y reconocido por las instituciones europeas a nivel internacional. Para la categoría Firefighting de los premios, es decir, para los Firefighting StartUp Europe Awards SEUA – CILIFO 2020, los jueces seleccionarán a un ganador. Durante la ceremonia de entrega de premios, el ganador recibirá un tique de aceleración de StartUp Europe valorado en 10.000 euros. Se ofrecerán los siguientes servicios a los ganadores del tique de aceleración: Mentorización Mercado europeo B2B Red de contactos / lobby Financiación europea para internacionalización Beneficios: Asesoramiento en la elaboración de propuestas para la obtención de fondos europeos que permitan convertir la innovación del emprendedor en un proyecto europeo reconocido y/o financiado. Apoyo en la definición de acciones de comunicación y márquetin. Servicio de asistencia sobre derechos de propiedad intelectual que ofrece asesoramiento personalizado sobre los derechos de propiedad intelectual de la UE. Haz clic aquí para ver los criterios de elegibilidad. Firefighting StartUp Europe Awards (SEUA – CILIFO): con base en el Centro Ibérico para la Investigación y Lucha contra los Incendios Forestales, nacen los Firefighting StartUp Europe Awards (SEUA – CILIFO), como una actuación destinada a impulsar la innovación abierta para la adaptación y mitigación del cambio climático; el establecimiento del “networking”; el intercambio de buenas prácticas; la captación de emprendedores, empresas y tecnologías que ayuden a prevención y extinción de los incendios forestales; y la restauración de los espacios naturales que hayan sufrido incendios forestales. SEUA-CILIFO se constituye como una acción del Centro Ibérico para la Investigación y Lucha contra los Incendios Forestales. Es una herramienta para identificar y apoyar a emprendedores con nuevas ideas en el campo de la lucha contra incendios. Más información sobre los Firefighting StartUp Europe Awards (SEUA – CILIFO) aquí. Retos en común – Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) El objetivo es afrontar el reto 13 y 15 de los ODS de Naciones Unidas para innovar en la adopción de medidas urgentes para combatir el cambio climático y sus efectos, así como proteger, restablecer y promover el uso sostenible de los ecosistemas terrestres, gestionar sosteniblemente los bosques, luchar contra la desertificación, detener e invertir la degradación de las tierras y detener la pérdida de biodiversidad. 1st Edition Firefighting StartUp Europe Awards (SEUA – CILIFO) El Centro Ibérico para la Investigación y Lucha contra Incendios Forestales (CILIFO) participó en la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático (COP 25) en diciembre de 2019 en Madrid, España. Con motivo de la COP25 y en el marco del proyecto CILIFO, la Fundación Finnova organizó, el 11 de diciembre de 15:00 a 16:30 en el Espacio Mare Nostrum del IFEMA (Av. Capital de España, 7, 28042, Madrid, España), una mesa redonda titulada “Cooperación y gobernanza para la innovación en la prevención, lucha contra incendios y restauración de espacios quemados”. La Junta de Andalucía estuvo invitada al evento. El secretario general de Medio Ambiente,
CILIFO holds a round table on forest waste as part of the European Week for Waste Reduction #EWWR2020
28.10.2020. The European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) is the largest campaign to raise awareness about waste prevention in Europe. The Iberian Centre for Research and the Fight against Forest Fires (CILIFO) will be present at this week’s event through the Finnova Foundation, one of the entities that make up the CILIFO Project consortium. Next Monday, 23rd November 2020, CILIFO will officially participate as an “action developer” in the European Week for Waste Reduction through a webinar on forest waste management. The Finnova Foundation is part of the public-private partnership that makes up the CILIFO project, 75% of which is financed by the Interreg VA Spain – Portugal – POCTEP (2014-2020) cross-border cooperation programme. CILIFO acts to strengthen and unite cooperation, working procedures and training between the Forest Fire Prevention and Extinction mechanisms in the cooperation area of the Euroregion Alentejo – Algarve – Andalusia and is led by the Andalusian Regional Government. Within the framework of the CILIFO project, financed by ERDF funds through the Interreg VA Spain-Portugal POCTEP (2014-2020) cross-border cooperation programme, the Finnova Foundation, the project beneficiary, proposes a round table to analyse the challenges posed by waste and innovation linked to the circular economy in the forest waste sector, as a means of enhancing the local economy and preventing forest fires. The CILIFO project contributes to the adaptation and mitigation of climate change. Therefore CILIFO is working on good management of forest waste and its valorisation to help find innovative solutions to promote adaptation and mitigation of climate change. During the conference, the Green Deal will be discussed and the award ceremony for the 2nd Edition CILIFO – Firefighting StartUp Europe Awards 2020 (SEUA-CILIFO) will be held. The event is planned to take place at the European Committee of the Regions in Brussels, as a similar action was held there last year in the framework of the EWWR. This year (2020) the action is also to be held there, but if there are no rooms available or if the development of COVID-19 is not favourable, an online event will be held. The official languages of the event are Spanish, Portuguese and English. The provisional agenda can be downloaded at the following link: http://cilifo.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CILIFO_Agenda_EWWR_23_nov_2020_ES_v2.pdf Link to register for the event: https://form.jotform.com/finnova/cilifo-ewwr-23-11-2020 About European Week for Waste Reduction – #EWWR2020 www.ewwr.eu The European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) was born in 2009 as a European project funded by the European Commission’s LIFE+ programme that promotes the implementation of awareness raising actions on sustainable resources and waste management. The EWWR is held every year since 2009 during the last week of November. Volunteers from all over Europe, and also from outside, organize thousands of actions related to the 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle), as well as cleaning activities or Clean-up days. In today’s European context, the European Week for Waste Reduction has a crucial role to play: helping the European Union to achieve its waste prevention goals. For national, regional or local authorities, awareness-raising activities are an integral part of their waste management plans. An important aspect faced by public authorities is the lack of public awareness of waste prevention and the enormous influence this has on citizens’ unsustainable production and consumption patterns, as well as on their environmental behaviour in relation to waste generation and separation at source. Effective communication is therefore a key element in addressing the waste issue. About the 2nd CILIFO – Firefighting Startup Europe Awards (SEUA – CILIFO) 2020 www.startupeuropeawards.eu The StartUp Europe Awards (SEUA) is an initiative promoted by the European Commission, supported by the Committee of the Regions and the European Parliament; and implemented by the Finnova Foundation in collaboration with StartUp Europe. SEUA is an open innovation tool that allows companies to identify new talented start-ups, which are able to solve current challenges in multiple areas. The aim is to combine their internal and external knowledge to carry out strategy and R&D projects. Under the open innovation model, projects can originate both inside and outside the company; they can be incorporated both at the beginning and in the intermediate phases of the innovation process; and they can reach the market through the same company or through other companies. In this sense, the “Firefighting StartUp Europe Awards” are an initiative promoted by the European Commission, implemented by the Finnova Foundation in collaboration with StartUp Europe and supported by the framework of the CILIFO project. It is an open innovation tool to identify innovative start-ups with potential, capable of solving current challenges around forest fire management. The objective is to locate those that offer products, services or methodologies that address the three phases in firefighting 1) Prevention 2) Action 3) Regeneration. They must provide an improvement in the efficiency of resources in firefighting; technological tools; social awareness; fire behaviour; spatial and temporal patterns of fire; fire meteorology and fire danger classification; fire extinguishing techniques; terrestrial, aerial and spatial detection; restoration; etc. Firefighting StartUp Europe Awards / SEUA – CILIFO is an action aimed at promoting open innovation for the adaptation and mitigation of climate change; the establishment of networking; the exchange of good practices; the recruitment of entrepreneurs, companies and technologies that help to prevent and extinguish forest fires; and the restoration of natural areas that have suffered from forest fires. SEUA-CILIFO is a tool for identifying and supporting entrepreneurs with new ideas in the field of firefighting. Target group: entrepreneurs and start-ups with ideas/projects relating to the fight against forest fires in the 3 action areas of the CILIFO project: Prevention, Action and Regeneration. Do you have a project in the field of fire prevention and extinction, climate change or forest management? Promote your project or innovative idea! Apply before Thisday, 19th November 2020 at the following link: www.f6s.com/startupeuropeawards More information acobut Firefighting StartUp Europe Awards / SEUA – CILIFO will be published soon. About the CILIFO Project www.cilifo.eu The project “Iberian Centre for Research and Fight against Forest Fires” (CILIFO) focuses on the fight against forest fires and their consequences for the adaptation and mitigation of climate change;
The CILIFO Project commemorates the International Day against Climate Change
24.10.2020. Every 24th of October the world commemorates the International Day against Climate Change, this celebration was established by the United Nations (UN) because of the great havoc being wrought on the planet by climate change. According to the UN website: «After more than a century and a half of industrialisation, deforestation and large-scale agriculture, the amounts of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have increased to levels not seen for three million years». In addition, the United Nations explains that the effects of climate change affect us all and «if drastic measures are not taken now, it will be much more difficult and costly to adapt to its effects in the future». The «Iberian Centre for Research and the Fight against Forest Fires» (CILIFO) project focuses on the fight against forest fires and their consequences for the adaptation and mitigation of climate change; within a framework of cross-border cooperation for the prevention of risks and the improvement of the management of natural resources in Spain and Portugal in the area of the Euroregion Alentejo – Algarve – Andalusia. CILIFO falls under Thematic Objective 5 of the POCTEP Programme: Promoting adaptation to climate change in all sectors; and responds to the investment priority, with respect to the POCTEP Programme, 5B: Promoting investment to address specific risks and ensuring adaptation to disasters and development of disaster management systems. Prevention is one of the main measures to combat forest fires, and includes measures to raise public awareness of the problem of forest fires («social prevention»). Environmental education and awareness is a complement to environmental policies and actions. Without the active and committed involvement of all members of society, the environmental strategies carried out by public and private bodies would not be sufficient to meet the challenges posed by climate change. For this reason, knowing the mechanisms of fire, the way in which the extinguishing devices and the harmful consequences of these, is a fundamental link in the chain that leads us to its prevention.
Éxito en el último webinario de CILIFO en el marco de la #EUGreenWeek y la #EURegionsWeek
23.10.2020. El pasado miércoles, 21 de octubre de 2020, se celebró el último webinario del Centro Ibérico para la Investigación y Lucha contra Incendios Forestales (CILIFO) en el marco de la #EUGreenWeek y el único ‘side event’ del proyecto en la #EURegionsWeek. El evento, que trató sobre la financiación de la Unión Europea para proyectos innovadores de lucha contra los incendios forestales y la protección de la biodiversidad, estuvo organizado por la Fundación Finnova, en colaboración con la Universidad de Córdoba (entidades beneficiarias de CILIFO) y la Diputación de Córdoba, entidad colaboradora. Durante el evento se trataron varios temas: en el primer bloque algunos beneficiarios del proyecto hablaron de prevención, extinción de incendios forestales y protección de la biodiversidad; y el segundo bloque giró entorno al emprendimiento, la financiación y la formación comunitaria. En el siguiente bloque se celebró una jornada con la prensa, en la que varios medios de comunicación especializados en medio ambiente, sostenibilidad y cambio climático expusieron cómo colaboran a proteger, restablecer y promover la sostenibilidad y como colaboran a luchar contra el cambio climático. La jornada acabó con el último bloque, que se centró en la transferencia de bunas prácticas, se presentaron algunas de las empresas anexionadas a la aceleradora Firefighting Open Innovation Lab – CILIFO. Según los datos recogidos, se estima que un total de 87 personas pudieron visionar el webinario de CILIFO en el marco de la #EUGreenWeek y la #EURegionsWeek (67 personas se registraron para acceder a Zoom y 20 personas vieron en evento en directo por YouTube). En esta ocasión, participaron 27 ponentes: un 3,7 % desde de México; un 29,6 % desde Portugal; y un 66,7 % desde España. Se puede volver a ver el webinario en el siguiente enlace: https://youtu.be/0qC_KJnju5E A continuación, se pueden leer algunas de las declaraciones de los ponentes que participaron en el tercer webinario de CILIFO en el marco de la #EUGreenWeek y la #EURegionsWeek: Maria de Lurdes Carvalho, directora de Servicios de Desarrollo Regional de la Comisión de Coordinación y Desarrollo Regional del Algarve (CCDR), habló sobre el grupo de investigación de incendios en el Algarve. “La misión de CCDR Algarve, en su área geográfica, es implementar políticas para el medio ambiente, la ordenación del territorio y las ciudades, el desarrollo regional y los incentivos para la comunicación social y brindar apoyo técnico a las autoridades locales y sus asociaciones. Inmaculada Vázquez, de la Agencia de Medio Ambiente y Agua de Andalucía (AMAYA) de la Junta de Andalucía, expuso el proyecto CILIFO. “Entre los resultados del Proyecto destacamos principalmente la creación del propio Centro Ibérico por la Investigación y Lucha contra los incendios forestales (CILIFO), el diseño de un plan de formación, a través del cual se adquieren capacidades y se acreditarán a los operativos que componen esos dispositivos de extinción tanto de la zona de España como de Portugal; el diseño de un plan de sensibilización conjunto sobre los incendios forestales; y la puesta en marcha de una investigación conjunta en materia de lucha contra los incendios forestales”. Descarga la presentación aquí Víctor Manuel Montoro Caba, diputado de Programas Europeos y Administración Electrónica de la Diputación de Córdoba, contó que tienen entre uno de sus objetivos que Córdoba se convierta en la primera provincia 100 % con movilidad eléctrica sostenible. “Estamos en condiciones de ser la primera provincia de España en la cual podamos contar con una red de infraestructura de puntos de recarga de vehículos eléctricos en la cual al menos en cada uno de los municipios que conforman la provincia de Córdoba se cuente con al menos un punto de recarga de titularidad pública municipal.” Francisco Rodríguez y Silva, responsable del Laboratorio de Defensa contra Incendios Forestales E.T.S. de Ingeniería Agronómica y de Montes en la Universidad de Córdoba, expuso algunas de las líneas de investigación qué están tratando. “Uno de los logros más recientes ha sido el conocer la posibilidad de graduar el índice de dificultad de extinción, es decir, una herramienta pensada para poder hacer una evaluación pre y durante el momento de la emergencia. En contexto con el Proyecto CILIFO, trabajamos para hacer una versión en la misma línea, para conocer en las provincias objeto del proyecto de qué forma podemos tener un conocimiento dinámico de la peligrosidad en términos de comportamiento energético, lo que significa la dificultad para poder trabajar la extinción”. Nuno Guiomar, investigador da Universidad de Évora en el Instituto Mediterráneo de Agricultura, Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo habló sobre de la evolución del trabajo realizado la Universidad de Évora para el CILIFO y las herramientas como Copérnico para combatir los incendios desde el ámbito científico-académico. «La evaluación de la gravedad del fuego es un instrumento fundamental en el cambio de paradigma: inicialmente sólo consideramos la determinación de los indicadores espectrales clásicos (dNBR e RdNBR), en este momento añadimos más de ellos (BAI2 y RBR). En cuanto a la RBR, hemos introducido una innovación en la compensación propuesta por Sean Parks. Estamos considerando incluir variaciones temporales en los datos combinados Ludar/Radar…». Pedro Arala Chaves, técnico Florestal na Comunidade Intermunicipal do Algarve (AMAL), hizo su presentación sobe la creación de brigadas forestales y de gabinetes técnicos forestales para combatir los incendios forestales. “El Gabinete Técnico Forestal Intermunicipal (GTFI) y la Brigada de Sapadores Florestais (bSF) tienen la finalidad de aumentar la resiliencia del territorio promoviendo una nueva lógica de intervención en el territorio forestal, mediante la creación de brigadas forestales y oficinas técnicas forestales entre municipios”. Margarida Jesus, técnica do Gabinete de Candidaturas a Fundos Comunitários da Cámara Municipal de Tavira, expuso la gestión de medios aéreos para la prevención de incendios en la zona de Cachopo y cómo ayuda a la prevención de incendios forestales. “El Centro de Medios Aéreos de Tavira prestará apoyo en caso de desastre, no sólo en esta zona, sino también a todo el Algarve, Alentejo y Andalucía, sirviendo también como base estratégica para el desarrollo de campañas de sensibilización y capacitación específicas, para los agentes de Protección Civil y para la población en general”. Descarga la presentación
More than 100 people attend the third CILIFO webinar as part of #EUGreenWeek2020
21.10.2020. European Green Week (#EUGreenWeek), organised by the European Commission, focuses this year on nature and biodiversity. The Finnova Foundation, the entity which will benefit from the INTERREG-CILIFO project, prepared a localised event to form part of a week which will act as a milestone on the way to the Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity, in collaboration with the University of Cadiz, which is also part of the CILIFO project partnership. Last Monday, 19 October 2020, the Iberian Centre for Research and Fight against Forest Fires (CILIFO) held the third event of the CILIFO Project within the framework of #EUGreenWeek – it has planned another in Córdoba, on European Union funding for innovative projects to fight forest fires and protect biodiversity. The event was partially focused on the applications of unmanned aerial vehicles for the extinction and prevention of forest fires. The highest number of visitors at Zoom was 60, however, the total number of people registered at Zoom for the event was 107 (but not all were connected at the same time). During the session on Community financial sources for projects with innovative solutions in the prevention and extinction of forest fires and the protection of biodiversity, public entities intervened, such as the Directorate General of European Funds of the Ministry of Finance of the Government of Spain or the Agency for the Environment and Water of Andalusia (AMAYA) – Government of Andalusia. In addition, several initiatives were presented, such as the implementation of drones with thermal cameras to control the dead zones of the fires; or materials that hydrate and when thrown into the fire manage to extinguish a fire by themselves and at the same time increase the percentage of reforestation of the area after the fire has passed. Below you can read some of the statements of the speakers who participated in the third CILIFO webinar in the framework of #EUGreenWeek: Adrián Vecino Varela, technical advisor to the Ministry of Finance – Directorate General of European Funds. «So far we have obtained these data with the aid we have received: 546,430 hectares are receiving conservation aid; 320,142.50 square metres of space in urban areas have been created or rehabilitated; 14,604.39 tonnes more of waste recycling capacity; more than 1.5 million people have benefited from protection against forest fires; and more than 1.5 million people have benefited from flood prevention measures». CILIFO_EUGW_2020_POCTEP Inmaculada Vázquez, from the Andalusian Environment and Water Agency (AMAYA) – Andalusian Regional Government. «Among the objectives that CILIFO has, we can highlight the strengthening and pooling of cooperation, working procedures and training in the prevention and extinction of forest fires, promoting innovation to prevent large forest fires and improving the response capacity to forest fires on the part of the administrations and authorities involved in fighting them in the three participating regions». «In order to give continuity to CILIFO, a new application called FIREPOCTEP has been submitted under the same heading, with the aim of strengthening cross-border systems for preventing and extinguishing forest fires and improving resources for generating rural employment, acting in the development, protection and promotion of the natural heritage, researching and innovating in the environmental field and improving the institutional capacity of administrations and the public sector». Luis Carlos Barbero González, Professor of Petrology and Geochemistry and Director of the Department of Earth Sciences – Campus of International Excellence CEI-MAR of the University of Cadiz. On the realistic application of the drones on the ground in fire crisis situations: «the thermal cameras guided the firefighters very reliably to manage the fires by guiding them through the smoke, they should be used in fires that are not very large and in which the economic resources are rather high, in addition the monitoring and control tasks that the drones would have during rainy conditions should be improved». Lourdes González, technical coordinator of the CILIFO project at the ONCE Foundation and technology and accessibility expert at the ONCE Foundation. «Through training and the employability of people with disabilities, getting involved in a project in which we promote universal accessibility, in which people with disabilities have no physical barriers to communication and technology. In addition, they carry out training so that if a professional meets a person with a disability he or she can evacuate them in the correct way, communicate with them, etc. And from November (2020), a 15-hour course will begin on what to do when interacting with someone with a disability». Juan Viesca, Director of European Funds at the Finnova Foundation. «The European Commission announced a new programme with 750,000 million euros to replace the crisis and propose new solutions, within which there is the REACT UE programme, a programme that could complement the structural funds with 50,000 million euros. In addition, there is a specific call for the fight and prevention of forest fires as part of the Green Deal call for innovative proposals that ends on January 21, which is a very good opportunity for the speakers at this webinar to be financed by this type of programme». Alberto Navarro, Director of Projects, Human Resources and Training at the Finnova Foundation. Alberto presented two E-learning platforms available within the CILIFO Project to the attendees, with innovations such as gamification processes, encouraging interaction through the website with the students, with mini-games and as the course progresses: «a city is created, comparing the construction of a city with the training that is gradually taking place in each of the students». CILIFO_GW2020_Formación.pdf Yolanda Marín, European Projects Technician at the Finnova Foundation. «Within the Firefighting Open Innovation Lab – CILIFO accelerator, we offer a working space, pilot tests, European funding, European projects, partner search and legal advice. In addition, work is currently underway on a catalogue to include an article by each company on how to fight forest fires and to provide information on companies if interested». CILIFO_EUGW_FFOIL.pdf José María Gómez, Chief Financial Officer of Drone Hopper. «Our mission is to develop all the aeronautical platforms
CILIFO celebrates Spain’s National Day
12.10.2020. Spain’s National Day is celebrated every year on 12 October and symbolises the historic event in which Spain, on the verge of completing a process of state-building, begins a period of linguistic and cultural projection beyond European borders. The Iberian Centre for Research and the Fight against Forest Fires (CILIFO) is celebrating it by committing itself to a cross-border cooperation area of the Euroregion Alentejo-Algarve-Andalusia by promoting measures in the prevention and extinction of forest fires in an area of cooperation. With a duration of three years (2019 to 2021), CILIFO aims, through the results of its activities, to become a permanent centre for the promotion and development of training, awareness, development and innovation, and inter-regional cooperation in the fight against forest fires. Its objectives are: To strengthen and unite cooperation, working procedures and training between the Forest Fire Prevention and Extinction mechanisms in the area of cooperation. To promote the creation of lasting and quality employment in the area; to reduce the economic cost of fires by creating a rural economy linked to the landscape. To improve the response capacity to forest fires of the administrations and authorities involved in fighting them in the three participating regions. CILIFO is being developed thanks to the collaboration of a public-private partnership composed of public research bodies, non-profit-making public interest entities and public administrations, all with the common objective of fighting forest fires.
The CILIFO Project is preparing an event on innovative solutions in forest fires within the framework of #EUGreenWeek and #EURegionsWeek
09.10.2020. Next Wednesday, September 21, 2020, from 11:00h to 13:00h (CEST), the Iberian Centre for Research and the Fight against Forest Fires (CILIFO) will hold the fourth and last official delocalised event within the framework of #EUGreenWeek, and #RegionsWeek, an initiative of the Finnova Foundation, an entity that will benefit from the INTERREG-CILIFO Project, in collaboration with the University of Cordoba (the project’s beneficiary entity) and the Provincial Council of Cordoba. The European Week of Regions and Cities (#EURegionsWeek) is an annual four-day event during which cities and regions showcase their capacity to create growth and jobs, implement EU cohesion policy and demonstrate the importance of the local and regional level for good European governance. European Green Week (#EUGreenWeek), organised by the European Commission, will focus on nature and biodiversity this year. The Finnova Foundation, which will benefit from the INTERREG-CILIFO project, is preparing the third offshoring event to be part of a week that will act as a milestone on the way to the Conference of the Parties (COP 15) of the Convention on Biological Diversity. The event, planned for 19 October in Cordoba as a semi-virtual event, is a seminar on community financial sources for projects with innovative solutions in prevention, extinction of forest fires and protection of biodiversity. During the seminar, financial opportunities will be presented for environmental projects in the field of forest fires, circular economy, protection, restoration and management of biodiversity and promoting innovative solutions to help mitigate and adapt to climate change. The CILIFO Centre will be presented as a case of good practice and the agenda includes the presentation of the new edition of the Firefighting Startup Europe Awards (SEUA) 2020. Registration link: https://form.jotform.com/finnova/cilifo-cordoba Schedule Part of the CILIFO partnership, entrepreneurs, start-ups and spokespersons for public and private organisations and institutions will attend the virtual conference. Being part of the European Union’s Green Week is an opportunity for the CILIFO Project and the city of Cordoba to showcase initiatives and achievements in terms of prevention and extinction in the face of possible emergencies or fires. The Finnova Foundation is part of the public-private partnership that makes up the CILIFO project, 75% of which is financed by the Interreg VA Spain – Portugal – POCTEP (2014-2020) cross-border cooperation programme. CILIFO acts to strengthen and unite cooperation, working procedures and training between the Forest Fire Prevention and Extinction mechanisms in the cooperation area of the Euroregion Alentejo – Algarve – Andalusia and is led by the Andalusian Regional Government. COMMON CHALLENGES – SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES (SDS) The aim is to meet the challenge 13 and 15 of the UN SPOs to innovate in taking urgent action to combat climate change and its effects, as well as to protect, restore and promote the sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss. THE CILIFO PROJECT The project «Iberian Centre for Research and Fight against Forest Fires» (CILIFO) focuses on the fight against forest fires and their consequences for the adaptation and mitigation of climate change; within a framework of cross-border cooperation for the prevention of risks and the improvement of the management of natural resources in Spain and Portugal in the area of the Euroregion Alentejo – Algarve – Andalusia. CILIFO is part of Thematic Objective 5 of the POCTEP Programme: Promoting adaptation to climate change in all sectors; and responds to the investment priority, with respect to the POCTEP Programme, 5B: Promoting investment to address specific risks and ensuring adaptation to disasters and developing disaster management systems. With a duration of three years (2019 to 2021), it aims, through the results of its activities, to become a permanent centre for the promotion and development of training, awareness, development and innovation, and inter-regional cooperation in the fight against forest fires. CILIFO is being developed thanks to the collaboration of a public-private partnership, led by the Andalusian Regional Government and made up of public research bodies, non-profit-making public interest entities and public administrations, all with the common objective of fighting forest fires. FINNOVA FOUNDATION FINNOVA (www.finnova.eu) is a non-profit European foundation, with headquarters in Belgium-Brussels, and offices and branches in Spain (Seville, Valencia, Tenerife, Madrid and Vitoria), whose main purpose is to seek international funding related to the transfer of new technology, modernisation, training and innovation for regional or local public administrations. Its main objective is to promote international and inter-regional cooperation through networks and events, its main fields of work being the environment, energy, climate change, innovation and improvement of the quality of life. CONTACT: Beatriz Martínez Muñoz European Projects and Communication Technique at the Finnova Foundation beatriz.martinez@finnova.eu
Unmanned aerial vehicle applications for forest fire fighting and prevention, the third CILIFO event in #EUGreenWeek
08.10.2020. European Green Week (#EUGreenWeek), organised by the European Commission, will focus on nature and biodiversity this year. The Finnova Foundation, which will benefit from the INTERREG-CILIFO project, is preparing the third offshoring event to be part of a week that will act as a milestone on the way to the Conference of the Parties (COP 15) of the Convention on Biological Diversity. The European Commission has decided that the EU Green Week conference will take place this year in the autumn, from 20 to 22 October, with associated events taking place from 14 September to 23 October. On Monday, 19 October 2020, from 17:00 to 19:00 (CEST), the Iberian Centre for Research and the Fight against Forest Fires (CILIFO) is holding the third official off-site event as part of #EUGreenWeek – another is planned in Córdoba – an initiative of the Finnova Foundation, in collaboration with the University of Cadiz (the entities benefiting from the CILIFO project). The Finnova Foundation and the University of Cadiz are part of the public-private partnership which makes up the CILIFO project, 75% of which is financed by the Interreg VA Spain – Portugal – POCTEP cross-border cooperation programme (2014-2020). CILIFO acts to strengthen and unite cooperation, working procedures and training between the Forest Fire Prevention and Extinction mechanisms in the cooperation area of the Euroregion Alentejo – Algarve – Andalusia and is led by the Andalusian Regional Government. Registration link: https://form.jotform.com/finnova/cilifo-cadiz Download the schedule here The event, planned for the 21st of October in Cadiz as a semi-presential – virtual event, is a seminar on Community financial sources for projects with innovative solutions in the prevention and extinction of forest fires and the protection of biodiversity. On this occasion, the seminar will focus on the applications of unmanned aerial vehicles for the extinction and prevention of forest fires; in addition, the financial opportunities for environmental projects in the field of forest fires; the circular economy; the protection, restoration and management of biodiversity; and the promotion of innovative solutions to help mitigate and adapt to climate change will be presented. The agenda also includes the presentation of the new edition of the Firefighting StartUp Europe Accelerathon (SEUA-CILIFO) 2020. The virtual conference will be attended by part of the CILIFO partnership, entrepreneurs, start-ups and spokespersons from public and private organisations and institutions. Being part of the European Union’s Green Week is an opportunity for the CILIFO Project and the city of Cadiz to showcase initiatives and achievements in terms of prevention and extinction in the face of possible emergencies or fires. COMMON CHALLENGES – OBJECTIVES OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (ODS) The aim is to meet the challenge 13 and 15 of the UN SPOs to innovate in taking urgent action to combat climate change and its effects, as well as to protect, restore and promote the sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss. ABOUT EUROPEAN GREEN WEEK (#EUGREENWEEK) European Green Week 2020 is scheduled on the theme of nature and biodiversity. Following the adoption of a new EU Biodiversity Strategy for May 2030, Green Week will highlight the contribution that biodiversity can make to society and the economy and the role it can play in supporting and stimulating recovery in a post-pandemic world, generating jobs and sustainable growth. EU Green Week will examine how EU policies, such as the European Green Deal, can help protect and restore nature, leaving room for recovery and prosperity. EUGreenWeek will also act as a milestone on the road to the Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity, now planned for 2021, where world leaders will adopt a 10-year action plan for biodiversity: a new global deal for people and nature. THE CILIFO PROJECT The project «Iberian Centre for Research and Fight against Forest Fires» (CILIFO) focuses on the fight against forest fires and their consequences for the adaptation and mitigation of climate change; within a framework of cross-border cooperation for the prevention of risks and the improvement of the management of natural resources in Spain and Portugal in the area of the Euroregion Alentejo – Algarve – Andalusia. CILIFO falls under Thematic Objective 5 of the POCTEP Programme: Promoting adaptation to climate change in all sectors; and responds to the investment priority, with respect to the POCTEP Programme, 5B: Promoting investment to address specific risks and ensuring adaptation to disasters and development of disaster management systems. With a duration of three years (2019 to 2021), it aims, through the results of its activities, to establish itself as a permanent centre for the promotion and development of training, awareness, development and innovation, and inter-regional cooperation in the fight against forest fires. CILIFO is being developed thanks to the collaboration of a public-private partnership, led by the Andalusian Regional Government and made up of public research bodies, non-profit-making public interest entities and public administrations, all with the common objective of fighting forest fires. FINNOVA FOUNDATION FINNOVA (www.finnova.eu) is a non-profit European foundation, with headquarters in Belgium-Brussels, and offices and branches in Spain (Seville, Valencia, Tenerife, Madrid and Vitoria), whose main purpose is to seek international funding related to the transfer of new technology, modernisation, training and innovation for regional or local public administrations. Its main objective is to promote international and inter-regional cooperation through networks and events, its main fields of work being the environment, energy, climate change, innovation and improvement of the quality of life. CONTACT Beatriz Martínez Muñoz European Projects and Communication Technique at the Finnova Foundation beatriz.martinez@finnova.eu